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Someone to Cook For Mai Corland Maddie was a little girlA light, humorous, amiably peopled, and tender novel about found families, the people who shape our lives, and the complexities of non traditional family ties. Yuko has had four different surnames and been brought up in several families. The parental figures in her life, despite not being related by blood, have always cared deeply for her. Through it all, pragmatic and resilient and Yuko has navigated lifes changes and its occasional conflicts without